Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
acacia, sweet Also known as: huisache; weesatch Acacia farnesiana More about this tree... acacia, Wright Also known as: catclaw, Wright Acacia greggii var. wrightii More about this tree... anacahuita Also known as: Mexican-olive; olive, wild Cordia boissieri More about this tree... anacua Also known as: sandpaper-tree Ehretia anacua More about ...
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
Range/Site Description: The common juniper throughout Central Texas. This tree often forms extensive low forests or dense "cedar breaks" on the limestone hills and slopes of the Hill Country and the Edwards Plateau. Considered an invasive weed species over much of its range.
Texas A& Forest Service - ID by Leaf - Texas A&M University
How Trees Grow; Texas Eco-Regions; Aggressive Invaders; Tree Dictionary; Scavenger Hunt; Links; Contact ID by Leaf My tree has... Leaves are very large and fan-shaped. Leaves are feather-like. Leaves are needle-like. Leaves are scale-like or awl-like. Leaves are compound, oppositely attached to twig.
Texas Forest A&M Service - Trees of Texas - How to ID
By cutting a thin slice along a twig down into the central core of the twig, you can identify the pith. The pith is the central portion of the twig. Most native species have a solid pith.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
Range/Site Description: In East Texas, west to the Nueces River and Central Texas, growing on riverbanks, bottomlands, and in swamps which are flooded for prolonged periods. Planted widely as a landscape tree.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
The most common elm tree in Texas, distributed widely in East, South, and Central Texas. Most often found near streams, in solid stands on flatwoods near rivers, or on dry limestone hills. Also planted widely as a landscape tree.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
Occurs along streambanks, riverbottoms, and sandbars in East and Central Texas. Also planted as a fast-growing shade tree on rural homesteads.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
The spread of oak wilt disease in Central Texas can often be linked to the movement of firewood from infected red oaks. These trees produce "fungal mats" under the bark where certain insects feed; it is these insects that can infect new trees where the firewood has been moved.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
Texas live oak (Quercus fusiformis) occurs north and west of the Balcones Escarpment in Central Texas and tends to be smaller and multi-trunked. Mexican blue oak (Q. oblongifolia) is a rare evergreen oak that occurs in West Texas.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
In Central Texas, south to the Gulf coast and the Rio Grande valley, especially along streams and sandy deposits, but grows well on alkaline soils. Used as a landscape tree from San Antonio to Houston and southward.